Birds of the World

    GALLIFORMES: Cracidae (Chachalacas, Curassows, Guans)  
Genus: Pipile (5 species)


Red-throated Piping Guan
Red-throated Piping Guan (Pipile cujubi) Vulnerable
Range: SA: nc Brazil and Amazonia
Cristalino Jungle Lodge, Mato Grosso, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Blue-throated Piping Guan
Blue-throated Piping Guan (Pipile cumanensis)
Range: SA: e Colombia to the Guianas, w Brazil and Peru
Madre de Dios, Peru  
   
Photograph by George Scott Photography   © All Rights Reserved.



White-throated Piping Guan
White-throated Piping Guan (Pipile grayi) Near Threatened
Range: SA: sw Brazil, se Peru, e Bolivia and ne Paraguay
Porto Jofre, Mato Grosso, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.

The loose skin on the throat may be white or light blue. Note white crown. Compare to Blue-throated Piping Guan.
Zoo shot.

Black-fronted Piping Guan
Black-fronted Piping Guan (Pipile jacutinga) Endangered
Range: SA: se Brazil, ne Argentina and se Paraguay
Iguazu National Park, Argentina  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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Trinidad Piping Guan (Pipile pipile) Critically Endangered
Range: SA: Trinidad
   




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